Amazon.com review summary for Canon Optura S1

alaTest has collected and analyzed 18 user reviews of Canon Optura S1 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Camcorders on Amazon.com.

100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

great compact camcorder

I bought this camcorder to replace my 4-year old Sharp VL-Z3U, which is also a very compact camcorder. Canon Optura S1 is much better than the old Sharp Z3U in every aspects, except that both are only 10x optical zoom. I am very satisfied wit the...

Canon Optura S1 MiniDV Digital Camcorder

Small light and compact. Good size 2.5" LCD. Great picture under well lighted conditions. Not so great quality at low light conditions. Battery life could be better. Lasts only about an hour. Only 10X optical zoom. 2 megapixels stills can be taken with...

Small light and compact. Good size 2.5" LCD

Batery life could be better. Not great at low light conditions. Only 10X optical zoom

Ultra Portable MiniDV Camcorder

This is my very first camcorder purchase. I've been taking still photographs for years, and saw no need to go into video...until, that is, I found out that my wife is pregnant. The baby's due in a few weeks and everyone's been telling us to get a...

Optura S1 MiniDV Digital Camcorder

I used the camcorder for the first time a couple of weeks ago on an overseas trip. The small size and light weight made it a pleasure to take everywhere in a small handbag. The video quality is impressive. I took very few photo stills because of the...

Optura S1 MiniDV Digital Camcorder

I used the camcorder for the first time a couple of weeks ago on an overseas trip. The small size and light weight made it a pleasure to take everywhere in a small handbag. The video quality is impressive. I took very few photo stills because of the...

A small camcorder

It's extremely small that you can even put it in your pocket. It weighs less than one pound and its largest dimension measures only 4.1 inches. This camcorder is definitely one of the smallest Minidv camcorders I've ever seen. It feels very comfortable...

Cool device, ideal for backpackers and adventurers.

I'm not a professional videographer. Still I might well be the pickiest man in the world when it comes to video quality. I'm the one who keeps noticing MPEG artifacts in TV transmissions all the time, because I've been doing my own DVDs for 5 years. In...